Bread-cutter



(Model.)

N. CHAPMAN.

BREAD GUTTER.

No. 230,796. Patented July 1o, 188s.

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NATHAN oHArMAN, or NANTUGKET, MASsAoHUSnTTS.

BREAD-CUTTER SPECIF'ON forming`l pl'ft f Letters Patent No. 280,796,dated July 10, 1883. Application filed pril13',1883. (Model.)

the town and county of Nantucket, State of Massachusetts, have inventedan Improvement in Bread-Cutting Apparatus, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the ac- .companying drawings, is. aspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention, relating to a bread-cutting apparatus, has for its objectto produce a simple and convenient device for cutting a loaf into slicesof uniform thickness.

The apparatus consists, essentially, of a base and cutting-bed having`loaf-holding and knifeguiding uprights, one of which is movable withrelation to the other, to enable loaves of different size to be held andcut, the said movable upright being drawn toward the other by a springto enable it to automatically hold a loaf of any given size.

The invention also consists in the combination, with the fixed andmovable loaf-holding and knife-guiding devices and spring to draw themtogether, of a latch to retain the said parts in their most widelyseparated position while the loaf is being inserted. Afterthe loaf is inplace the said latch is released and the parts drawn together by thespring to embrace the loaf between them. l

Figure l is a longitudinal section on line x x, Fig. 2, of bread-cuttingapparatus embodying this invention 5 Fig. 2, a plan view thereof on asmaller scale, and Fig. 8 an underside view with the base-piece removed.

The base ct c has fixed at one end thereof an upright, b, adapted toengage one side of a loaf, the portion a of the said base also having aportion, c, of the cutting-bed fixed thereon adjacent to thesaid'upright b. The bed a supports near its other end a slidingfollower, d, provided with an upright, 6, and havinga tongue, f,entering a guide in the portion a of the base of the apparatus, the saidfollower kalso having connected with it a portion, c, of

the cutting-bed adjacent to the said upright e, and forming acontinuation of the portion c, adjacent to the upright b, the rigidportion c sliding on the top of the portion a of the base. The uprightsb e are slotted at uniform distances, as shown at '2, to guide the bladeB of a suitable knife, as shown in Fig. l, the bed c c being alsogrooved, as shown at 3, in line with the said slots 2, to enable theknife-blade to pass wholly through the loaf supported on the said bedand held between the said uprights I) and e, which constitute theloaf-holding and knife-guiding devices. The slots 2 are widened at theirends, to enable the knife to be more easily inserted.

The follower d is made movable on the bed a, in order to enable loavesof different size to be held between the uprights b e, and the saidfollower, with upright c thereon, is drawn toward the upright b byaspring, g, to cause the said uprights to be drawn together to hold aloaf firmly between them while being cut.

In order to enable a loafto be easily inserted, the main portion of theapparatus, having the fixed upright I), is provided with a latch, shownasa bolt, 7i, acted upon by a spring, t', tending to throw it behind thetongue f when the follower d is drawn out and the uprights b e separatedsufficiently to receive between themy the largest sized loaf to be cut.The loaf is then placed on the bed c c', between the said upright, andthe latch 7L released, permitting the follower d, with the upright e, tobe drawn toward the upright b`by the spring g, in order to hold the loafsecurely between the said uprights. The latch 7L is operated by a lever,lc,

and press-knob m, extending out at the side of the base a.

An upright or gage, u, for the end of a loaf is attached to one side ofthe base a, the said upright being divided or made in two parts, asshown, to enable the blade of the knife to pass through the loaflongitudinally when desired to divide the slices.

I claim.n

l. In a bread-cutting apparatus, the combination of the base, providedwith an upright at one end, with a movable follower provided with acorresponding upright, and a spring tending to draw it toward the fixedupright, the said uprights being adapted to receive and hold a loaffirmly between them, and being Slotted to guide a knife-blade,Substantially as described.

2. The base provided at one end with a loafholding and knife-guidingupright, and a movable follower havinga co-operating upright, combinedwith a spring to draw the said up- IOO rights together7 :md the latchfor holding1 Jche ln testimony whel'oofl have sig-ned my nume saidfollower with the uprights separated the to this specification in thepresence of two slibmaximum distance, substantially :is described.seiibing Witnesses.

3. The hed provided with :i slotted knife- 5 guiding' mid loaf-holdingupright at one end, NATHAN CHAPMAN.

:md :L divided upright or gage, n, foi1 the end i of the loaf at oneside, combined with :L mov- Witnesses: nblefollower :md its slottedknife-guiding and Jos. l?. LIVERMomc, loaf holding upright7substantially as de- W. H. SIGsToN.

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